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• A crisis ignored

  22-02-2018 23:30 via toledoblade.com
  
  Ohio’s opioid crisis is spiralling out of control.
  
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• To the editor: The history of the Lucas County jail

  22-02-2018 23:00 via toledoblade.com
  
  As the plaintiff’s attorney in the case against Lucas County in 1970 regarding the Lucas County jail, I am writing to correct a serious error in The Blade’s Feb. 18 editorial, “Cautionary jail tale.”
  
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• Juvenile accused of making threat against Sylvania's Southview High School

  22-02-2018 22:52 via toledoblade.com
  
  Sylvania police on Thursday arrested a juvenile student who made a threat on social media regarding Southview High School, according to police and school officials.
  
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• Newly formed nonprofit aims to preserve Toledo's historic buildings

  22-02-2018 22:19 via toledoblade.com
  
  A nonprofit dedicated to preserving Toledo’s historic buildings has formed, and the group’s first project is to stop the planned demolition of the long-vacant St. Anthony Catholic Church at Nebraska and Junction avenues.
  
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• Coroner's office looking for relatives of Toledo man

  22-02-2018 20:59 via toledoblade.com
  
  The Lucas County Coroner's Office is seeking relatives of a Toledo man who died recently at his home.
  
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• Celebrating Mardi Gras for charity

  22-02-2018 19:44
  Swanton Village Administrator Rosanna Hoelzle and her husband Paul Hoelzle at the Rotary Club of Swanton's annual auction. Swanton Police Chief Adam Berg, Swanton Mayor Ann Roth, Royalton Township Trustee RJ Lumbrezer at the Rotary Club of Swanton's annual auction.
  
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• Toledo pastor's daughter turns herself in to authorities

  22-02-2018 18:59 via toledoblade.com
  
  A pastor’s daughter who is accused of assaulting a Sunday school teacher at a downtown Toledo church turned herself in to authorities Wednesday, according to court documents.
  
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• Lighthouse Telehealth announces partnership with Mercy Health

  22-02-2018 18:57 via toledoblade.com
  
  Lighthouse Telehealth, a subsidiary of Harbor Behavioral Health, announced that it formed a partnership with Mercy Health to provide inpatient psychiatric care.
  
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• Toledo-Lucas Co. health department to discontinue many clinical services

  22-02-2018 18:52 via toledoblade.com
  
  The Toledo-Lucas County Health Department will end many of the clinical services at its downtown and western Lucas County sites following a health board vote Thursday and those services will be spun off into a separate non-profit entity.
  
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• New leadership approved for Port Authority board

  22-02-2018 17:57 via toledoblade.com
  
  Bank executive John Szuch was elected chairman of the board of the Toledo-Lucas County Port Authority following a one-month delay because of concerns over the out-going chairman serving a third term.
  
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• Lawmaker seeks pause to fix medical marijuana flaws

  22-02-2018 17:55 via toledoblade.com
  
  COLUMBUS — A newly introduced bill would block Ohio’s award of final licenses for medical marijuana growing facilities, processors, and testers while it fixes flaws with the way it has scored applications.
  
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• Owens Corning expects growth in spite of profit loss in 2017

  22-02-2018 16:02 via toledoblade.com
  
  Owens Corning’s profits slipped by more than 25 percent in 2017, even as the company reported higher revenues across all three of its major business segments.
  
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• Jury selection to begin in Tokes murder

  22-02-2018 15:57 via toledoblade.com
  
  COLUMBUS — A Franklin County judge will begin the jury selection process on Friday in the trial of Brian Golsby, who potentially faces the death penalty for the murder a year ago of former Monclova Township resident Reagan Tokes.
  
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• Developer: Marina District lofts on target for spring groundbreaking

  22-02-2018 15:03
  Rendering of Main Street intersecting Front Street presented by Frank Kass. At lower left is the McDonald's; across from it on Main street is where the gas station and car wash are.
  
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• Students plan walkout across country protesting gun laws

  22-02-2018 15:00 via toledoblade.com
  
  They can’t vote, they can’t drink, and some of them can’t drive, but a significant portion of high school students across the country are taking a hard stance on gun control laws.
  
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• Domestic Relations judge David Lewandowski intends to 'double-dip' pension, salary if re-elected

  22-02-2018 14:44 via toledoblade.com
  
  Domestic Relations Judge David Lewandowski has told Lucas County elections officials he intends to retire this year to collect his pension and then go back on the public payroll in January if he wins re-election in November.
  
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• Woman accused of threatening Lucas County Children Services employees

  22-02-2018 14:42 via toledoblade.com
  
  A central city woman is accused of making threats against Lucas County Children Services employees.
  
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• Toledo Rep to showcase debut plays

  22-02-2018 14:00 via toledoblade.com
  
  Toledo Voices, the Toledo Repertoire Theatre’s series that debuts works by local playwrights, returns this weekend to the 10th Street Stage. 
  
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• Former ambassador: U.S. shouldn't give up on Russia

  22-02-2018 13:30 via toledoblade.com
  
  ANN ARBOR, Mich. — A former U.S. ambassador to Russia told an audience of 120 people at the University of Michigan on Wednesday that the United States needs to stay engaged with Russia even though the bilateral relations — the worst since the Cold War — are not going to improve anytime soon. 
  
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• Toledo Mayor Wade Kapszukiewicz to deliver first State of the City Address

  22-02-2018 13:00 via toledoblade.com
  
  Mayor Wade Kapszukiewicz plans to highlight Toledo’s recent accomplishments and outline his vision for his first year in office and beyond at the 2018 State of the City Address on Thursday.
  
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• The long run home: Inma Zanoguera set for Sahara Marathon

  22-02-2018 12:09 via toledoblade.com
  
  Inma Zanoguera isn’t sure what she’ll get out her first marathon.
  
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• Sahara Marathon brings former UT athlete Inma Zanoguera home

  22-02-2018 12:09 via toledoblade.com
  
  Inma Zanoguera isn’t sure what she’ll get out her first marathon.
  
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• Former UT basketball player set for Sahara Marathon

  22-02-2018 12:09 via toledoblade.com
  
  Inma Zanoguera isn’t sure what she’ll get out her first marathon.
  
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• Pastor accused in Sunday school robbery is held on $75K bond

  22-02-2018 10:28
  An Ohio judge has set bond at $75,000 for a man described by police as a gun-wielding pastor who helped rob a teacher during a Sunday school class at his church. The Blade in Toledo reports a judge set matching bond amounts Tuesday for 49-year-old Anthony Morris and his 46-year-old wife, Zelda.
  
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• Man accused of seriously injuring child

  22-02-2018 06:02
  An East Toledo man accused of causing severe injuries to an infant was arrested Tuesday, according to documents filed in Toledo Municipal Court. Zachery Shadix, 25, of the 1300 block of Felt Street is charged with felonious assault and endangering children, both felony offenses.
  
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• Toledo traffic affected by road projects

  22-02-2018 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  
  Pavement repairs that closed the Anthony Wayne Trail’s inbound right lane Wednesday between Harvard Boulevard and the Toledo Zoo are expected to continue through Monday, the city transportation division announced.
  
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• Port Clinton celebrates Burning Snowman Festival

  22-02-2018 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  
  Toledo GROWs’ 14th annual Seed Swap invites gardeners and would-be gardeners to look toward spring on Saturday. Each attendee receives five free seed packets, with additional packets available to gardeners who donate 50 cents per packet or who bring individually packaged and labeled seeds to exchange.
  
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• Lucas County Dogs for Adoption: 2/22

  22-02-2018 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  
  Dogs remain available at the Lucas County Canine Care & Control Office, 410 South Erie St., Toledo. For information, call 419-213-2800. For a complete list of available dogs, go to lucascountydogs.petfinder.com. A $100 adoption fee includes spay-neuter, a heartworm check, microchip ID, vaccinations, and a behavioral evaluation.
  
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• Lamar gives power to ‘Panther’ soundtrack

  22-02-2018 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  
  BLACK PANTHER: THE ALBUM 
  
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• Gene Fodor (1933-2018)

  22-02-2018 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  
  Gene Fodor, a Toledo police detective who cracked car-theft rings and kept tabs on mobsters and would-be subversives, died Saturday at home in West Toledo. He was 84.
  
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• Daily Log: 2/22

  22-02-2018 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  
  Births
  
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• Maumee council OK's offer from produce store

  22-02-2018 03:14 via toledoblade.com
  
  Maumee city council voted 5-1 Wednesday night to accept an offer from Monnette’s Market to build a new store in the uptown area.
  
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• Hickey dominates school board meeting without being there

  22-02-2018 02:30 via toledoblade.com
  
  Patrick Hickey dominates the air, the words, the thoughts of Washington Local, even when he doesn’t show up to school board meetings.
  
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• Fall in love at Sebastiano's

  22-02-2018 02:14 via toledoblade.com
  
  Romance can be found in unexpected places — such as a strip mall in South Toledo.
  
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• Toledo man pleads guilty to endangering children

  22-02-2018 02:11 via toledoblade.com
  
  A Toledo man whose 3-year-old daughter shot herself in the hand after he left a loaded gun in the house pleaded guilty Wednesday to endangering children, a third-degree felony.
  
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• Interactive exhibit opens in West Toledo

  22-02-2018 01:11
  The works of Randy Bennett, an oil painter and mixed media artist from Rudolph, Ohio, will be on display at the Art and Performance Center in West Toledo. 'Queen Mother Helen Moore, 2015,' painting by Mario Moore is part of the permanent collection of the Detroit Institute of Arts.
  
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• Weddings have been on hold in county courthouse

  22-02-2018 00:49 via toledoblade.com
  
  Wedding bells have been decidedly silent inside the Lucas County Courthouse lately.
  
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• Northpointe Academy to close at school year's end

  22-02-2018 00:16 via toledoblade.com
  
  A South Toledo charter school will close its doors at the end of this school year because of poor academic performance.
  
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